Comets and Kalona Lead YMCA Gold Medal Semis
Comets beat Mitchell Oilers 67 to 50 as Kalona Merchants toppled Brighton 53 to 47 and Shamrock downed Willits Motors 54 to 39. Sharon earned a semi spot by defeating Wayland. Olds Farmall trailed Kalona late but kept it close before the decisive finish.
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Sharon
Kalona Merchants
Comets
Mitchell Oilers
Wayland
Olds Farmall
Brighton Cagers
Mitchell Oiler
Oilers
Sport Shop
Shepherd
Norris
Bob Noonan
Shamrock
Willits Motors
Baccus
Parsons
Homer Herron
Messer
Roscoe
FG Peer
Martin Latte
Maxwell Ae
Sweet
Miller Sac
Murphy
Moran
Peters
Buckney
Beane
Francis
Hamilton
Noonan
McKenzie Farnsworth
Peterson
Dunwoody
Flynn
Forest City Falls Before Ogden Upset in Iowa Substate
In a night of state tournament action, Ogden defeated Forest City 56 to 31 while Davenport rallied 45 to 40 to beat Clinton. Waverly, Ankeny, and Newton posted notable wins as teams bid for a trip to Iowa City.
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United Press
Iowa City
Montezuma
Waverly
Waterloo
Ankeny
Facces St. John's
Bancroft
Ames
Davenport
Clinton
Blue Devils
Winfield
Solon
McGregor
Dinsdale
Shelby
Westside
Forest City
Ogden
Newton
Des Moines
Sioux Center
Rockwell City
Sioux City
Moorhead
Atlantic
Two Demon Players Named to Little Six All Star Teams
Washington high school seniors Marvin Stanley and Dick Sehmitt from the Little Six conference earned all star honors. Stanley made second team guard while Sehmitt received honorable mention. Keokuk and Muscatine led with two players on the first team alongside Ottumwa Burlington Mount Pleasant and Fort Madison in the selection by coaches.
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Ton
Lawrence Manary
Fairfield
Dick Powell
Muscatine
Fort Madison
Shoop
Marshal
Keokuk Ward
Washington
Schmitt
Fairfield -Harrison
B. Stewart
J. Stewart
Mount Pleasant
Messer
Burlington
Hols, Lange
Ottumwa
Lambert
Ramsay
Orman
Lick
Marvin Stanley
Dick Sehmitt
Ed VerSteer
Washington High
Little Six
Stanley
Keokuk
Richardson suffers 45 bone fractures in first six years
Royalston Massachusetts reports Charles Richardson endured forty five bone fractures during the first six years of life. Doctors attributed the frequent breaks to a phosphorus deficiency causing a three break per year average.
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Royalston
Mass
Charles Richardson
Coplon to go Free on $40,000 Bail
Judy Coplon expected to post 40 000 bail to win release pending appeal from a 15 year sentence. Her convicted partner in espionage, Gubitchev, remains jailed as withdrawal of his appeal clears the way for return to Russia. Meanwhile Coast Guard and vessels aided a sea rescue near False Shoals with no injuries.
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Coplon
New York
Judy Coplon
Valentine Cubetchey
United States
Miss Coplon
Thomas W. Lawn
Washington
Abraham Pomerantz
Gubitchev
Russia
Christoffel Sentenced to Jail for Perjury Conviction
Former Milwaukee United Auto Workers leader Harold R. Christoffel was sentenced to two to six years in prison for perjury before the house labor committee in 1947. Judge F Dickinson Letts denied bail pending appeal, saying no substantial questions warranted higher court review. Christoffel, ex-president of the CLO local at Allis-Chalmers, showed no emotion and replied no when asked to speak.
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Washington
Milwaukee
Harold R. Christoffel
House Labor Committee
Christoffel
Herbert J. Fabricant
F. Dickinson Letts
Letts
United Auto Workers
CLO
Allis-Chalmers
Coast Guard Rescues Six From Sunk Trawler
The coast guard rescued six crew members from the sunk trawler Alice Ann near Virginia Beach, Va., and aided the trawler Sea Rambler which began taking water after running aground offshore. A beach patrol found the Alice Ann crew clinging to rigging about 100 yards offshore.
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Elizabeth City
N. C
Coast Guard
Virginia Peach
Gas-Filled Stomach Healed by CERTA-VIN Claim
A Washington man reports his stomach once burned like a gas factory after meals but is now free of gas. He credits CERTA-VIN a new formula taken before meals that expels gas, improves nutrient absorption, and supports blood iron and nerve strength. Sold at Pioneer Drug Store, 125 W Washington.
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Washington
Certa-Vin Pioneer Drug Store
Omaha woman links 25-year-old to Pittsburgh case
A 71-year-old Omaha woman identified Gordon K. Andersen as the man who attacked her neighbor near South Omaha. Andersen denied the charge amid ongoing investigations into a Pittsburgh child slaying last November. He will be examined by a psychiatrist after delaying a scheduled lie detector test at the hospital.
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Omaha
Pittsburgh
Harry Green
Gordon K. Andersen
South
Green
Andersen
Jean Brusco
Air Force
Indian Creek Members Elect Mrs. K. Hanson
Indian Creek community club elects 13 officers for the year led by President Mrs. Kenneth Hanson. Other officers include Vice President Mrs. Burl Johnson Recording Secretary Mrs. L. M. Dallmeyer Treasurer Mrs. Harry Johnson and Reporter Mrs. B. E. Shellabarger. Mrs. Shearer hosted a St Patrick gathering for friends honoring Mrs. Smie ger visiting sister Mrs. Madge O'Neill. A Hooks and Crooks party followed with a guessing win by Mrs. Max Vannice. Sandra Tucker hosted a girls group on her eighth birthday.
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Martha Butler
The
Indian Creek
Kenneth Hanson
Buril Johnson
L. M. Dallmeyer
Harry Johnson
BE. &E. Shellabarger
B. H. Shearer
Thet Smieger
Madge O'Neill
Hooks and Crooks
Max Vannice
Sandra Tucker
Small Asian Nations To Fight Communism
Southeast Asian nations move to curb communist violence within borders. In Malaya Indochina and the Philippines strong anti communism programs aim to halt terror and influence while Bangkok talks and a proposed union at Baguio hint at regional leadership. U S diplomats offer aid to anti communist efforts amid tensions in Indo China.
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Tokyo
UPS
Southeast Asia
Malaya
Philippines
Bangkok
America
Far East
Elpidio Quirino
Baguio
Quirino
U. S
Chicago Livestock Market Report Slower Hogs Cattle Prices Weaken
USDA Chicago market notes hogs salable 12 000 with decline 25 to 40 cents on most weights over 230 lbs. Top hog price 17.00 with mixed changes across 160 to 180 lbs and 240 to 270 lbs. Sheep and cattle also weaker at times, slaughter lambs bid weak, steer and heifer prices mixed to steady, cows scarce, beef values range 16.75 to 33.00 across grades.
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Chicago
Resignation of Czechoslovakia’s Foreign Minister Vladimir Clementis
Vladimir Clementis resigns as foreign minister of Czechoslovakia after handing in his letter to Premier Antonin Zapotocky. Vice Premier Vilem Siroky is named acting foreign minister. Clementis took the post on March 19, 1948 following Jan Masaryk’s death, which remains unexplained.
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Prague
Vladimir Clementis
Clementis
Antonin Zapotocky
Klement Gottwald
Vilem Siroky
Jan Masaryk
Masaryk
Weekly and March Livestock Sales Across Iowa Listings
Community Sale every Friday at Whittaker sale barn and weekly livestock auctions at Kalona Columbus Junction Midway Ollie and other venues. March 16 features annual Polands at Winfield and Tamworth sows at North Liberty with 1:00 start. Yorkshire and dairy heifer sales also listed with times and locations.
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Whittaker
Kalona Sales Barn
Kalona
Iowa
Midway Sales Company
Columbus Junction
Ollie Livestock Exchange
Ollie
Winfield
Earl Kelloge & Sons
Keats
BE. L. Conrad
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Mike
Russell
Reed
Jerry Davis
Jim Knapp
Kennisworld
Jerry Pryor
Bob Donald
Bob Hahn
Lou Younkin
Woody Murphy
Joe Ferguson
Tom Yeager
Keith Lamm
Mount Pleas
Mobilgas
Grand Canyon
Studebaker
Studebaker Land Cruiser
Studebakers
COX Motor Company
Washington, Iowa
W. Washington
Virginia
False Shoals
Norfolk Harbor
K. Hanson
J. B. Randle
Poland
Aledo
Mid West
Mapleleaf
Grand Master
Diamond
NEW Type
Brightwood
Bare
Kellogg & Sons
Lowa Vietioneer
Pigery Morren
Europe
Asia
Indo China
Emperor Baodai
Salem Presbyterian Women’s Organization
Sarah Davis
Ralph Rees
Chicago Livestock
USDA
Czechs
Journal
EGG Markets
CREAM
Rock Island Produce Co
Reisters
Kent
Nutrena
West Chester
Tamworth
Bert Glaspey
North
Liberty
Lowa
Lowa City
Cedar Rapids
Theo, Light
Lisbon
Probst Bros
Everett Jordan
Mt. Vernon
Gordon W. Ellison
DeWaine Clark
Colfax
Jack Hetatin
Washington, Ta
Bert Glaspen
North Liberty
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